Bottle closure



May 26, 19,25.

S. M. SCHENKEIN BOTTLE CLOSURE 1924 2 Sheetsl-Shee-t Filed Jan. 2

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Patented May 26, i925.

UNITED STTE SAMUEL M. SCHENKEIN, 0F NEVJARK, NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE CLOSURE.

Application med January 2, 1924. serial No. 683,978.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. SCHIEN- KEIN, a citizen of the United States, residingl at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, U. SpA., have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Closures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or ligures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to means for securing-closures of the cap type to bottles, to prevent unauthorized opening of the bottle, and with some typessuch as those having a screw, bayonet joint or mutilated thread, the securing means prevents counter rotation of the cap and corresponding leakage, or ent-ire removal of the cap.

My invention consists in passing a flexible member, such as a cord or wire, through an opening, perforation or hole in the cap; one end of the member being provided with an enlargement, twist or knot, to prevent the member from being entirely drawn through the opening. The knot, or the equivalent, is preferably on the outside of the cap and the member passes between the cap and bottle neck and is there wound about the bottle adjacent the cap two or more times, and the end of: the member is preferably tucked under the last turn or two and pulled tight, The smaller the diameter of the bottle neck the greater will be the number of turns neeessary'to provide the required friction. l

Other details of construction 'will be hereinafter particularly pointed out and claimed. v

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are similarly designatedp Figure l shows awell known lever closure device for bot-tles with my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 illustrates a well known j a-r closure cap with my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 3 is a well known bayonet joint bottle cap with my inventionv applied thereto.

Fig. 4, shows a bottle having a well known screw cap closure with my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the same.-

tight, when all slack will Fig. 6 is a modification of the structure shown in Figure 5.

Fig. 'T is a perspective view of a wire deviceor eye to be placed between a label on the bottle neck and through which the ilexible member passes to hold a label or tag.

The particular construction of cap closure forms no part of this invention, and t-he various kinds of bottle closures shown in the drawings are. well known. Any kind of a cap closure may be used so long as it has an opening, hole or perforation, or may be provided with such at slight expense.

The closure is combined with a flexible member of any kind of material., and may be a cord, wire or th':l like, but I prefer a cord, as it is easier to manipulate and is readily severed.

In Figure l the cap 8 hasY adownwardly bent rim or apron 9 provided with slots 10, and the ends of the individual tongues thus formed are curled about a wire ll whose ends are connected to a cam lever l2 which when raised up expands the wire 11 and tongues, so that the cap can be removed from the bottle.

This known form of cap therefore has a suitable opening or slot for the purpose of my invention.

I form in one end of a flexible member a a knotb sutliciently large to prevent it from passing through one of the openings or slots l() in the apron. The knot 7) preferably but not necessarily ties a loop c in the end of the flexible member a, which loop may be used as a suspension for hanging the bottles for display purposes, such as for window dressing &c and the knot Z) may also serve to hold a tag d surh as a profit-sharing or premium tag between it and the cap 8.

The flexible member a passes through an opening l0 in the cap from the outside to the inside thereof and is wound several times about the bottle neck, a lower turn crossing the upper turn, as atl e and one or more subsequent turns as f passing over the lever l2, and the end of the final turn is tucked under one or more of the last turns, as at 7L. The flexible member e may thus be loosely wound at first, and the end g iinally pulled be taken up.

After tightening, an adhesive may be applied at the points e and h, such asa solution of collodion, and also at other points of the circumference of the bottle or jar neck. This' adhesive serves to prevent theflexible iii' " member from being readily unwound, and

increases the frietional resistance between il Y the tag ible member.

The flexible member o thus holds and seais the leverlQl against unauthorized opening; and said fieXible member can beecasilyrremoved by severing it betweeii the knot and cap 8, lthusreleasing the profit-sharing e tag d, if one be attached,V

zThat yportion of tiie flefiib'le member lying Ab'etweei'i the and bottle neck assists in tightening tli'e'feap.V andV takes up anyy undesirable playb'etween the cap andbottlc.

In Figure 2 I show 1a metal cap' having (usiially tour)inwardly extending lugs or erimps 14, forming ,mutilated thread en-` gaging a thread on th'ezjar neck; this isalso well known. I perforate this cap' at 'z' form knot b in one Vend oi the cord a5 pass the cord through the perforation at e' from the outside to the inside oit the cap and wrap Vit several times about the topV oi' the ar5 pass ing 4the end oi the cord under the upper turn, as at 7e, and then beneath the subsequent turns,E as shown. VI preferably place adhesive ath and latotherlioiiits, ii desired. Iiithis form I fhave also shown the loop o, but'the tag d is in the loop', and not between the knot'oandthe cap 13. i

In Figure 3 I have show'fvn a well known vform of metal cap 1-5 secured to the bottle by bayonet joint.l This cap I perforate at and applj7 the cord as inFig. l, as Wellv as In Figs. 4e' and 5 I employ theI usual screwcap 16, perforate it at and pass the through as before, one turn ofthe oord passing through perforations n of the tag d as in Fig.

and vertically downward atl the back of the.

bottle as' ato, Fig. 5; to about midway of the bottle, thenaround the bottie as at j), passing again through a pair of periorations g e Instead ef having hheeend u-peee hhieugh in the tag, then to the back oit the bottle again, looped through the portion 0 at fr then downwardat s, under and aroundthe depression s in the container, then up and througha perforation t in the bottom ofthe tag d, then carried back by a. portion u to the` point 'l' and tied, as shown.v The end may be sealed as before.

the tag itself at the top I may provide an eye 'v' preferably o f wire; passing through the teg, und huve longitudinal leaps au than lie between the tag d and bo'ttle1 neck. ,A turn or two of the cord passies through such eye and the loops w lie behind the tag longitudina'lly of the bottle and are vheld in place by other turns about the bottle neck. Such afdevice raises the turn ofthel cord p 'assih'g through theeye o slightly above the tag and f ueihiute-e the hurting er the eenlingv eeuu un einen eide 'uf the eye. e

. a decided advantage cord 4 then under oneor more turns f In all theeforiiis illiistratecl3 l e f ure i, the portion oi the cord produces a tension on the cap renti-ary to the direction of rotation required 'for removing-the cap.D

and thus prevents the unauthorized removal oi the cap theopening f lirection that would-cause leak'- age. Y

This' manner of securing eapclosures has ordispla' purposes in addition to the sec\irity air, prevention againstlpartial or fullunauthorized 'open-. ingan'd at VIthe same t'i1n`e. )thatV portion et the Vcord 'lyingbetween the" cap ,an d bottle neck takes uA the unavoidable slacsi between the'. -c'ap` andbottle neck. I

Uponsevering the coirflthe seal isfobviously broken and at once shows tampering.v

I Inayprovide a washer 'o .metal or the equivalentbetween the ktagfcl,andknot o, as

en eeph rigioj as Well asa partial rotation in shown, at d C' Fig. 3; xto prevent the knot Vfrom breaking throughtlie tag d.

I .claimcombination.'withwa bottle and a cap closure for the same havinguneansto lock the cap tothe 4bottle when the cap.. is rotate'dfthereoin' said, :closure` having an 4opening, hole. orthe likerina part. thereof entende f ing over thek li` ofthe bottle; Vo a'single 'dexble member passing through 'said ,o1;)enf

ing and tightly wound about ,the bottle neck contraryto the releasingrnotion of the cap aNplurality of times to anchor orhold the cap iii closed position, and b means to seal the endoipsaid turns vto Vthe bottle.k

2Q. The; combination withl a bottle and, a metal forI closing the saine aboiit the bottle lip aiidmhaving an openiiig`there, through; of a siigle leXibfle member passing throughth openihgand between `the cap und bottle Cap uieund eheuhthe heine 1ero ,are ,up pieu between ,the

4 neck. 3.. The combination metal cap yfor closing the same and1 havingV av bottleuen'ga'g'ing flange;v with ,an opening ieu and bottle, saidinember then tightly with a' bottlealndia. i

therethrough; of a single iieXib e member having a loop` formed at oneeiid, said ber pe'sed'thwueh the @pente hh: ,o Said loop iv ichoperates asa stop to prevent the member from being pulledl entirely u ieuigh the. opening, said flexible member: v'then tightly wound `e`.`1fe uh ui the gende nee undY mea s Afor sealirig `the vwennV ine'ni er; that `prtijnfof e member )pas flieme pennen f the e taking up slack between the ca ,afd bottle. i

t hetwii the engaging hangt? and bottiI 4;' TheV )combination with a `o`tt e and a metal cap having rotatingmvemht for 'closing and opening the bottle and'h'a'ving a'holetherein; of a single eXible member Y passing throuhsaid hole aiidhaving a retaining portint prevent the element from being pulled entirely through said lil; a portion f 'sind lineiit g hetwen the cap and bottle neck to tighten the cap to the neck and thereafter Wound about the neck of the bottle, and means sealing the Wound portion 4to the bottle neck.

5. rlhe combination with a bottle and a screuY cap therefor having a hole through the threaded portion of the cap; of a cord haying a tag-holding and suspending loop tied in one end and passing through said hole, the knot of said loop preventing the cord from being entirely drawn through the hole, one end portion of the cord being Wound about the bottle neck in the direction of screwing the cap on the bottle and the end of the cord being tucked under one or more windings about the bottle neck, and means sealing the windings and the other end to the bottle neck that portion of the cord between the cap and bottle taking up slack between the cap and bottle.

6. rIhe combination with a bottle and a screw cap therefor having a hole, of a single flexible member having a knot to prevent it from entirely passing through said hole, a portion of said member lying betiveen the cap and bottle to tighten the cap, a label, a second portion of said member passing through said label to hold it to the bottle and another portion of said member Wound tightly about the bottle neck ina direction to prevent the unscrevving of the cap, and means sealing the end of the member in place.

7. The combination With a bottle and a cap closure for the same, said closure having an opening, hole or the like in the part thereof engaging the bottle lip; of a single cord passing through said opening and between the cap and bottle to take up play between the cap and bottle and then tightly Wound about the bottle neck.

S. The combination With a bottle and a cap closure for the same having means to lock the cap to the bottle When the cap is rotated thereon, said closure having an opening, hole or the like in a part thereof eX- tending over the lip of the bottle; of a flexible member connected at one end in said hole and tightly Wound about the bottle neck a plurality of times contrary to the opening direction of the cap, and means sealing the other end of said member to the bottle neck, whereby rotation of the cap, Without first severing or disconnecting said member is prevented.

9. The combination with a bottle and a cap closure for the same having means to lock the cap to the bottle when the cap is rotated thereon, said closure having an opening, hole or the like in a part thereof; of a single flexible member threaded through said openingand tightly Wound a plurality of times about the bottle neck contrary to the opening direction of the cap, and sealing means sealing the end of said member to the neck.

10. The combination With a bottle and a cap closure for the same having means to lock the cap to the bottle When the cap is rotated thereon, said closure having an opening, hole or the like in a part thereof; of a single fleXible cord having a knot at one end and threaded through said hole, the other end of the cord being tightly Wound about the bottle neck a plurality of times contrary to the releasing direction ofl said cap, and means sealing the other end of said cord to the bottle neck.

ll. The combination with a bottle and a screw-threaded cap closure for the same, said closure having an opening, hole or the like in a part thereof; of a single `flexible cord threaded through the hole and having a loop tied in one end the knot thereof lying against the cap at the hole, and the other end of said cord tightly Wound about the bottle neck a plurality of times contrary to the unscrewing direction of the cap, and means sealing the end of the Wound portion of the cord to the bottle neck.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto.

SAMUEL M. SCHENKEIN. 

